Monitoring After Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation

Dynamic Electrocardiography

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 506-510

  Lévy, Samuel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic drug prevention; Atrial fibrillation; Implantable devices; Organic heart disease; Sinus rhythm

Indexed keywords

EID: 68449096419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470987483.ch52     Document Type: Chapter

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